ST. AMBROSE, 4TH CENTURY BISHOP OF MILAN AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH.....A MAJOR CONTRIBUTOR TO CATHOLIC-CHRISTIANITY...........

 Living from 339 -397 A.D., St. Ambrose, is one of the seminally significant Catholic-Christian Church leaders in the 4th Century.  A natural leader, Ambrose was a professed Christian, not still unbaptized when he was elected Bishop of Milan, Italy in 374, serving for nearly two dozen years, as an effectively diplomatic, reconciling, and yet steadfast representative of the Faith, especially given the tumult of Arianism, a heresy he was made Bishop in the midst of.  a great and persuasive, homilist; Ambrose catechized and initiated his friendships with St. Augustine, and St. Anselm, led to their Christian Initiation, and significant ordained ministry, as priests and bishops.  St. Ambrose, is also one of the four original Doctors of the Church, along with St, Augustine, St. Gregory, and St. Jerome.  As a Catholic-Christian Disciple, Bishop, and Doctor of the Church, looms gigantically through these subsequent seventeen centuries, as an outstanding example and witness to the priority and power of the Lord's Coming, and our unconditional responsiveness to answering Jesus' Call.May this 2nd Wednesday of Advent, and St. Ambrose Day, bring you the spiritual strength and grace to fervently the Advent path before you...........Come Lord Jesus !!...........Fr.  Troy